We won't ever know the answer, and won't know even the coroner's results for a while. Thanks for pointing out that there are other risk factors. However, I think observable changes in voice and appearance, while anecdotal, cannot be discounted - her drug use was not without effect. My takeaway is that her death is helping motivate me to work on my own issues.

I’m grieving, like many. Whitney was thrilled to be alive and didn’t want to go this soon. People talk about how much pleasure her music gave them; but really, she got the most out of it. That glow you saw inside Whitney when she sang was unadulterated passion. Imagine feeling like that...

It is worth noting that in the process, KUSF, the station at 90.3 in San Francisco associated with the University of San Francisco was shut down. It was one of the last free-form radio stations, playing a lot of local and independent music.

USC said Tuesday that it has purchased two radio stations in the Bay Area and will use them to convert San Francisco’s advertiser-supported classical music station KDFC-FM into a noncommercial operation, similar to but independent from its L.A. classical music outlet, KUSC-FM (91.5). KDFC’s st...

Ants walking on a crucifix in a 30-second video David Wojnarowicz made to honor his dead lover, photographer Peter Hujar, has been called "hate speech" by the Catholic League, and as a result the Smithsonian has removed it from their Hide/Seek exhibit. (Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor also complaine...